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<p>Interface making it possible to dynamically create GUI elements.  
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<p><code>#include &lt;<a class="el" href="_i_g_u_i_element_factory_8h_source.html">IGUIElementFactory.h</a>&gt;</code></p>
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<li>virtual <a class="el" href="classirr_1_1gui_1_1_i_g_u_i_element.html">IGUIElement</a> * <a class="el" href="classirr_1_1gui_1_1_i_g_u_i_element_factory.html#aaaa0dda5493286ff745310b441347019">addGUIElement</a> (<a class="el" href="namespaceirr_1_1gui.html#ae4d66df0ecf4117cdbcf9f22404bd254">EGUI_ELEMENT_TYPE</a> type, <a class="el" href="classirr_1_1gui_1_1_i_g_u_i_element.html">IGUIElement</a> *parent=0)=0
<dl class="el"><dd class="mdescRight">adds an element to the gui environment based on its type id  <a href="#aaaa0dda5493286ff745310b441347019"></a><br/></dl><li>virtual <a class="el" href="classirr_1_1gui_1_1_i_g_u_i_element.html">IGUIElement</a> * <a class="el" href="classirr_1_1gui_1_1_i_g_u_i_element_factory.html#aec55be9ef891ba1b19c5d9c5a85130a4">addGUIElement</a> (const <a class="el" href="namespaceirr.html#a9395eaea339bcb546b319e9c96bf7410">c8</a> *typeName, <a class="el" href="classirr_1_1gui_1_1_i_g_u_i_element.html">IGUIElement</a> *parent=0)=0
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<dl class="el"><dd class="mdescRight">Get type name of a createable GUI element type by index.  <a href="#aa8007c17ea40b74666c1d04c9d4de85f"></a><br/></dl><li>virtual const <a class="el" href="namespaceirr.html#a9395eaea339bcb546b319e9c96bf7410">c8</a> * <a class="el" href="classirr_1_1gui_1_1_i_g_u_i_element_factory.html#a1e692e1f746ee69815bf25981ee0facf">getCreateableGUIElementTypeName</a> (<a class="el" href="namespaceirr_1_1gui.html#ae4d66df0ecf4117cdbcf9f22404bd254">EGUI_ELEMENT_TYPE</a> type) const =0
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<div class="textblock"><p>Interface making it possible to dynamically create GUI elements. </p>
<p>To be able to add custom elements to Irrlicht and to make it possible for the scene manager to save and load them, simply implement this interface and register it in your gui environment via <a class="el" href="classirr_1_1gui_1_1_i_g_u_i_environment.html#a653ac2cc8640899c23f4d55d9a5f0fdd" title="Adds an element factory to the gui environment.">IGUIEnvironment::registerGUIElementFactory</a>. Note: When implementing your own element factory, don't call <a class="el" href="classirr_1_1_i_reference_counted.html#a2b7a035532e5f409ca9482dab79185f4" title="Grabs the object. Increments the reference counter by one.">IGUIEnvironment::grab()</a> to increase the reference counter of the environment. This is not necessary because the it will <a class="el" href="classirr_1_1_i_reference_counted.html#a2b7a035532e5f409ca9482dab79185f4" title="Grabs the object. Increments the reference counter by one.">grab()</a> the factory anyway, and otherwise cyclic references will be created. </p>

<p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="_i_g_u_i_element_factory_8h_source.html#l00026">26</a> of file <a class="el" href="_i_g_u_i_element_factory_8h_source.html">IGUIElementFactory.h</a>.</p>
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<p>adds an element to the gui environment based on its type id </p>
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<p>adds a GUI element to the GUI Environment based on its type name </p>
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<p>Get type of a createable element type. </p>
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<p>Get type name of a createable GUI element type by index. </p>
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<p>returns type name of a createable GUI element </p>
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